Well, at least I can empathize with Charlie Brown’s trials and tribulations in his first big screen outing, A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN, a box office hit in 1969. Charlie Brown has a shot at shedding his “failure face” when he wins the school spelling bee and heads off to the – gasp! – National Spelling Bee!

In the B plot, Linus is separated from his trusty blanket. It’s not pretty.

So, are the kids in the Peanuts gang ready for their silver screen close-ups? Let’s grab some popcorn, roll film and find out!

William Pepper is a local playwright (New Ground Theatre, Augustana Playwrights Festival), very occasional actor (Playcrafters), blogger (http://www.williamallenpepper.wordpress.com/), author (In the St. Nick of Time) and now, he's a podcaster too.